NECC 2009, Washington, D. C.

Improving Writing across the Curriculum: New Tools for Old Skills
Tuesday, June 30, 3:30pm–4:30pm in WWCC 154 B. --Thanks to everyone who attended!

What do I teach when I teach writing in a digital age?
What are effective ways of incorporating technology into writing?

Backchannel at Chatzy
Select a color and enter the room. Share your observations, post comments or questions as we go along. Either Tom or Carla will monitor the channel. We will archive your comments after the presentation.

Our Twitter hashtag is #twwt, along with #necc09.

Links:

• Henry IV wiki: http://reidenglish.wikispaces.com/
• Poetry wiki: http://workshop1127.wikispaces.com/
• Vocab wiki: http://vocabworkshop.wikispaces.com/

Improving Writing Before Typing a Single Word: Setting Word’s Grammar Preferences
This PDF handout explains how to set Word to look for specific lapses.

Autocorrect
This PDF handout explains how to use the spellcheck's autocorrect feature to help you with comments you make frequently.

Tom's slide presentation in PDF format.

The "Improving Writing" handout comes from chapter 7 of Best Ideas for Teaching with Technology. That chapter discusses the autocorrect tool and other great ideas for teaching with technology.

Teaching English with Technology workshop, July 6-8